Antipersonnel landmine Issue and Japan's Contribution. Embassy of Japan in Cambodia 12 Nov 2018

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1 Antipersonnel landmine Issue and Japan's Contribution Embassy of Japan in Cambodia 12 Nov 2018

2 Feature of Anti personal Landmine Characteristics of anti-personal landmines a) Persistence Once it is buried it will remain in effect semi permanently. b) Indiscriminate Do not distinguish between soldiers and civilians. A person explodes by approaching or touching. c) Cruelty A weapon developed for the purpose of causing injuries rather than killing. Victims remain severe disorders such as amputation of limbs and blindness. Note: Mine is tend to be expensive (100 to 1,000 USD per piece), while manufacturing is cheap (3 to 10 USD per piece)

3 CCW & Ottawa Convention Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons:CCW Protocol II Amended in 1996 Ottawa Convention

4 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction(*OTTAWA Convention) Japan signed the Ottawa Convention in December Minister for Foreign Affairs, Keizo OBUCHI (then) called for signatures of as many countries as possible in the speech of signing the Ottawa Convention, announced the support of Japan for the removal of landmines and victims. Signed by Mr. Keizo OBUCHI, Minister of Foreign Affairs Japan 4

5 Universalization of OTTAWA Treatment 164 Countries/Resion are joining (at April 2018) ( Landmine Monitor 2017 )

6 Japan's efforts on Anti-Personnel Landmine Issues Japan s Approach (Principal) a) Continuously support the removal activities of countries that are suffering from serious landmines and unexploded shells b) Promote regional cooperation South-South cooperation c) Comprehensive victim support for victims of landmines and unexploded ordnance

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8 Recent antipersonnel landmine support record Recent Cooperation Achievements Japan totaled approximately 13.2 billion JPY(118million USD) in the past three years (2013 ~ 2016) for landmine clearance or any other assistance 1. Bilateral (Cambodia, Lao, etc) Amount of Support(USD) (a)kusanone Grant (b)the Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects (c)the Grant Assistance (d)technical cooperation (e)japan-asean Integration Fund(JAIF) 25.3million 9.7million 36.0million 1.5million 0.8million 2.Through UN or NGOs (a)unmas (b)unicef (c)icrc (d)jpf(japan Plat Form) Total 41.9million 0.4milion 0.7million 1.9millioin 118.3million 1USD=112JPY

9 5. Japan's 対人地雷問題に関する日本の取組 efforts on Anti-Personnel Landmine Issues Leading the discussion of mine countermeasures in international places It is the first resolution as a Security Council resolution specialized for mine countermeasures, and it will be a joint proposal by the Security Council Resolution on Mine Action (No. 2365, 30 June, 2017). From 2014 to 2015 Japan served as chairman of the Mine Action Support Group (MASG), a donor country meeting on mine countermeasure support.

10 Japanese Demining Support in Cambodia The Government of Japan has been a strong supporter of landmine clearance activities in Cambodia since In 2000, Japan s PM Mr.Keizo Obuchi visited Cambodia

11 Japanese Demining Support in Cambodia The total amount of assistance is about 18.5 billion JPY (165 million USD) Year 1998~ List of Main Project Project for Improvement of Equipment for Demining Activities (Phase l~vll) *Latest , 2007 the project for Research and Development of Mine Clearance Related Equipment(Phasel,ll) 2009~ The Programme for Integrated Mine Clearance and Landmine Victim Assistance(PhaseI~lll) *continue The Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects (JMAS) *continue

12 Japan s Demining Activities in Cambodia Demining Support in Cambodia from Japan Province of on going Demining project Province of past Demining project The Grant Assitance for Japanese NGO Projects Thom The Grant Assistance The Programme for Intergrated Mine Clearance and Landmine Victim Assistance (Phase (CMAC) Besides, the Equipment or Machines are now used in many demining fields.

13 Demining Support in Cambodia from Japan Japan supports a lot of demining tools and machines in order to promote demining activities more effectively and safely.

14 Technical Support (New Demining Machines) Around 20 years ago, demining was focused mainly on human work. By researching and developing we could have newly developed machines dedicated to landmines. With using these, the speed of mine disposal has dramatically improved. These machines provided by Japan are used in many demining fields in Cambodia. Demining Machine and attached cutter (by Nikken Co.LTD) Demining Machine by KOMATSU Co.LTD

15 South South South Cooperation Cooperation of Demining Cambodia(CMAC) and Japan (JICA) support other countries which are facing serious mine affected areas, such as LAO, Iraq, Columbia, etc. Cambodia can use their experience and knowledge related to mine action for these countries through this cooperation. LAO s case A total of six times in , held workshops (over 100 people participating) to address 8 priority issues for CMAC and UXO Lao staff. In 2014, in addition to Cambodia and Laos, regional meetings inviting Thai and Vietnamese landmine and unexploded countermeasures organizations are also held (cooperation within the ASEAN region). (by CMAC and JICA)

16 Thank you for your attention